Behavioral Health Management articles from November 1997

Behavioral Health Management archives from November 1997

Parity: Case Closed?
November 1, 1997... Dr. David Shern explained to his colleagues at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) that he was worried about the fate of the Association's parity resolution. For more than a year, its Mental Health section had...

MIS: Reviewing the Basics.
November 1, 1997... Even though the value of management information systems (MISs) is widely accepted by now, there remain many organizations that are just starting to take their first steps toward computerization. In fact, there are more than a few that have...

Business Sense: The Missing Ingredient.
November 1, 1997... Over the course of the past several years I have become increasingly concerned that, in my opinion, national behavioral healthcare conferences and seminars are avoiding the real issues confronting providers in this field. It is disheartening to...

Workplace Substance Abuse: A Snapshot.
November 1, 1997... Based on an interview with Margaret Beaudry, Director of Research, Drug Strategies, Washington, DC How is America's business community coping with substance-abusing employees? That's a$100 billion question, because that is what...

Surviving Managed Care: CD Treatment Providers Speak Out.
November 1, 1997... A Behavioral Health Management Roundup What impact has managed care had on the chemical dependency (CD) treatment field? "Decimation" might not be too strong a word. Recent data indicate, for instance, that private inpatient beds have...

ASAM and AMBHA: Striving Toward Agreement.
November 1, 1997... Uneasy bedfellows, to be sure, but they're giving collaboration a try For many treatment providers, especially those providing addiction treatment, managed behavioral healthcare organizations (MBHOs) are "the enemy." So what's a nice...

The Home Detox Alternative.
November 1, 1997... The criteria, methods and results thus far of one of substance abuse treatment's newest services Based on interviews with three providers As recently as 20 years ago, if an individual needed medical support while withdrawing from...

Attacking Prison-Based Substance Abuse.
November 1, 1997... A private/public collaboration reduces recidivism and improves community safety As the nation's prison and jail population has grown--more than doubling in the past 17 years--so too has the number of drug abusers among the incarcerated...

Report Card Woes: NAMI vs. the Behavioral MCOs.
November 1, 1997... Based on interviews with E. Clarke Ross, DPA, Executive Director, American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association (AMBHA) and Laura Lee Hall, PhD, Director of Research, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) It's every school...

CD Treatment: Evidence of Cost-Effectiveness.
November 1, 1997... How treatment of one city's DUI offenders out costs and recidivism In an era when managed behavioral healthcare organizations (MBHOs) are turning more and more toward managing Medicaid and other public health programs, it might be...

IOP Survival Skills.
November 1, 1997... With ongoing pressure from managed care organizations (MCOs), outpatient treatment has quickly II W evolved into the treatment of first choice for many, if not most, clients with alcohol and/or drug problems. The proliferation of structured or...

VIEWS FROM THE TRENCHES.
November 1, 1997... Also, with Magellan acquiring Green Springs, HAI and Merit in a relatively short period of time, what merger and consolidation issues will this create internally? How will this affect their market share, account maintenance and information...